EP2702925A1 - Système d'endoscope - Google Patents

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EP2702925A1
EP2702925A1 EP13791348.9A EP13791348A EP2702925A1 EP 2702925 A1 EP2702925 A1 EP 2702925A1 EP 13791348 A EP13791348 A EP 13791348A EP 2702925 A1 EP2702925 A1 EP 2702925A1
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Suguru Okaniwa
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B23/00—Telescopes, e.g. binoculars; Periscopes; Instruments for viewing the inside of hollow bodies; Viewfinders; Optical aiming or sighting devices
    • G02B23/24—Instruments or systems for viewing the inside of hollow bodies, e.g. fibrescopes
    • G02B23/2476—Non-optical details, e.g. housings, mountings, supports
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/005—Flexible endoscopes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B1/00—Instruments for performing medical examinations of the interior of cavities or tubes of the body by visual or photographical inspection, e.g. endoscopes; Illuminating arrangements therefor
    • A61B1/005—Flexible endoscopes
    • A61B1/0051—Flexible endoscopes with controlled bending of insertion part
    • A61B1/0055—Constructional details of insertion parts, e.g. vertebral elements

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EP13791348.9A 2012-05-14 2013-03-19 Système d'endoscope Not-in-force EP2702925B1 (fr)

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PCT/JP2013/057864 WO2013172089A1 (fr) 2012-05-14 2013-03-19 Système d'endoscope

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EP2702925A1 true EP2702925A1 (fr) 2014-03-05
EP2702925A4 EP2702925A4 (fr) 2015-09-23
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EP (1) EP2702925B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP5390048B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN103582446B (fr)
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EP2702925A4 (fr) 2015-09-23
CN103582446A (zh) 2014-02-12
EP2702925B1 (fr) 2016-10-19
WO2013172089A1 (fr) 2013-11-21
CN103582446B (zh) 2015-12-09
JPWO2013172089A1 (ja) 2016-01-12
JP5390048B1 (ja) 2014-01-15
US20140039259A1 (en) 2014-02-06

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